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192537512Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1925. Memorial Edition limited to 100 numbere copies 1300-1399 "set aside from the limited first edition of fifteen hundred copies" of which this is no. 1358 small 4to pp. 327 1; portrait frontispiece 14 plates facsimiles throughout; gilt-stamped black cloth over black and gilt decorative boards; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; mostly fine. Additional title page in red and black for the Memorial Edition; one leaf of publisher's advertisements at the end. BAL 16184. <br/><br/> J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover books
1880300848London John Hogg 1880. 1880. First edition. 8vo. Original green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt black and blind with designs of a black raven harp leaves etc.; brown coated endpapers. 2 volumes. Very good. Small bookplate of F.J. Tebly on the front pastedown of both volumes. Volume I with photograph of Poe from the famous "Stella" daguerreotype. Volume II with photograph of Poe's mother Elizabeth from a miniature portrait. Printed by Ballantyne Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London, John Hogg, 1880. hardcover books
18411609035Carey and Hart: Philadelphia 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contains first appearance of Eleonora by Poe. Small octavo full russet decorated calf stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. Front inner hinge cracked but sound. One signature slightly pulled. Very good. Carey and Hart: Philadelphia hardcover books
1991251863San Francisco: The Arion Press 1991. First edition in this format. One of 250 numbered copies from a total edition of 276 copies printed by Hoyem and associates. 1 vols. Large 4to. Large quarto. Printed cloth. Bookplate on front pastedown else fine. First edition in this format. One of 250 numbered copies from a total edition of 276 copies printed by Hoyem and associates. 1 vols. Large 4to. Illustrated with photo-engravings after drawings against typographic backgrounds by Arakawa. Introduction by Glenn Ray Todd. The Arion Press unknown books
184837022New York: George P. Putnam 1848. First edition first issue of Poe's classic work. Duodecimo original publishers blind stamped black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. First issue without the review for Eureka on page 2 of the 16 page catalogue at the end of the book but reads simply: "Poe. -- Eureka A Prose Poem: Or the Physical and Metaphysical Universe. By Edgar A. Poe Esq." In very good condition with some light rubbing to the extremities contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom cloth box. A nice bright example of this rare and important text. Poe considered Eureka his magnum opus but Putnam only agreed to publish 500 copies due to the unique nature of the material. Eureka has often been misunderstood and ridiculed but it is in fact a remarkable precursor of several modern theories of physics and a powerful essay on the material and spiritual universe. Poe hypothesized that the universe began at a set point in the past and was finite rather than infinite. In arguing that the Universe of Stars must be finite he appeals to the evidence of observed experience. Poe wrote "Were the succession of stars endless then the background of the sky would present us an uniform luminosity like that displayed by the Galaxy-since there could be absolutely no point in all that background at which would not exist a star. The only mode therefore in which under such a state of affairs we could comprehend the voids which our telescopes find in innumerable directions would be by supposing the distance of the invisible background so immense that no ray from it has yet been able to reach us at all. That this may be so who shall venture to deny I maintain simply that we have not even the shadow of a reason for believing that it is so." BAL 16153. George P. Putnam hardcover books
193137913NY: Cheshire House 1931. One of an edition limited to 1200 copies this being # 752. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Abner Epstein. NY: Cheshire House 1931. Type designed by Richard Ellis. One of an edition limited to 1200 copies this being # 752. Six wood cut illustrations. Illustrated by Abner Epstein. 31 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory Loose weave cloth over boards. Paper label to front board. Spine and endpapers lightly toned. Else A nice copy. Very good/No jacket issued. Cheshire House hardcover books
1985129900New York NY: The Limited Editions Club 1985. quarter leather marbled paper-covered boards spine gilt-stamped fore-edge uncut; clamshell box with inlaid gilt-stamped leather front cover label. Limited Editions Club. folio. quarter leather marbled paper-covered boards spine gilt-stamped fore-edge uncut; clamshell box with inlaid gilt-stamped leather front cover label. 32 4 pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by Raphael Soyer and illustrator Alice Neel on colophon. Comments on Neel by Soyer follow text. Printed by the Anthoensen Press. Designed by Ben Shiff and hand-set in Monotype Dante by Michael and Winfred Bixler on mould-made paper by Cartiere Enrico Magnani. Etchings and lithographs printed by the Water Street Press. Fine in near fine clamshell box. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
18455525First edition. Octavo. 13 steel engraved illustrations including frontispiece and title. Full contemporary gilt stamped tan leather gilt stamped black morocco spine label a.e.g. Good light foxing. <br />BAL #4024 #16143.<br /><br />Heartman & Canny 1943 88-89. Carey and Hart hardcover books
184637477Philadelphia: George R. Graham & Co 1846. 2 volumes in 1 large 8vo; engraved frontispiece illustrations and 30 plates some colored; later three-quarter gilt-stamped red morocco over blind-tooled cloth some shelf wear; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; foxing. Edgar Allan Poe was the magazine's chief literary editor and these two volumes include 3 of his Marginalia and his "Philosophy of Composition". Also published here are works by Park Benjamin and Henry Longfellow. <br/><br/> George R. Graham & Co hardcover books
184637527Philadelphia: George R. Graham & Co 1846. 2 volumes in 1 large 8vo; engraved frontispiece illustrations and 30 plates some colored; contemporary black morocco over black cloth gilt lettering on spine shelf wear; ex-Hill Library with usual markings; some foxing. Edgar Allan Poe was the magazine's chief literary editor and these two volumes include three of his Marginalia and his "Philosophy of Composition". Also published here are works by Park Benjamin and Henry Longfellow. <br/><br/> George R. Graham & Co hardcover books
021104Philadelphia 1843: George R. Graham. Large Octavo. Volume No. 23 June 1843-December 1843though contents states through Jan. 1844 Illustrated 17 color or black & white engravings. Contained within are: Our Amature Poets p. 113 Our Contributors p. 160 and Review of Wyandotte p. 261.Some scattered foxing or browning bound in 3/4 red morocco over patterned gray cloth boards flat spine lettered and decorated in gilt some rubbing or staining. A very good copy. George R. Graham unknown books
021103Philadelphia 1842: George R. Graham. Large Octavo. Issues from June to December 1842 inclusive. Contains Poe's retrospective criticism of The Poetry of Rufus Dawes in the October 1842 issue pp. 205-209. Illustrated with 15 color or black & white engravings one plate with a closed tear repair couple of chips to edge of another plate some scattered foxing or staining bound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled paper covered boards by B.S. Merrill covers rubbed edges worn. A very good copy. George R. Graham unknown books
18411504710Graham 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A bound complete run of 6 monthly issues from 1841 when Poe served as the magazine's literary editor. This volume contains 4 installments of Poe's essay A Few Works of Secret Writing as well as the first appearances of two of his tales and revised printings of some of his poetry. An important contemporary record of one of America's most important writers. Covers detached overall good condition. Graham hardcover books
184115560Philadelphia: George R. Graham 1841. Volume XIX Nos. 1-6 inclusive. Illustrated with engraved plates some colored. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's brown quarter leather and cloth. Joints repaired some darkening and foxing to text. Very good. Volume XIX Nos. 1-6 inclusive. Illustrated with engraved plates some colored. 1 vols. 8vo. "To the glory that was Greece . " - First Printing. Apart from numerous reviews and critical notes there are several of Poe's own pieces including:<br/><br/>1 July "A Few Words on Secret Writing"pp. 33-38; First Printing<br/>2 August "The Colloquy of Monos and Una" pp. 52-54; First Printing<br/>3 August "Secret Writing" p. 96; First Printing<br/>4 September "To Helen" p. 123; a reprint but revised and containing for the first time the two lines: "To the glory that was Greece / To the grandeur that was Rome";<br/>5 September "Never Bet Your Head" p. 124-127; First Printing<br/>6 October "Israfel" p. 183;<br/>7 November "A Chapter on Autography" pp. 273-286; First Printing. Hartman pp. 204-06 George R. Graham unknown books
184237510Philadelphia: George R. Graham 1842. 8vo pp. 344; 16 plates; bound with: Godey's Lady's Book May September-November 1842 various paginations 12 steel engraved plates and hand-colored lithographs. Together in three-quarter calf over marbled boards most of the calf on spine has been rubbed away hinges repaired; front endpapers foxed with tape repair ex-library with usual markings interior mostly fine. Includes an essay by Edgar Allan Poe the Magazine's chief literary editor "The Poetry of Rufus Dawes. A retrospective criticism". Pieces by James Fenimore Cooper Noah Webster and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow also printed in the Magazine. <br/><br/> George R. Graham hardcover books
1930300116Paris Des Bibliophiles de la Basoche n.d. ca. 1930. 1930. First edition thus. 8vo. Illustrated with 7 colored plates by Helene Azenor; vignettes in text. Original stiff printed tan wrappers. Very good. Unpaginated. Enclosed in the original publisher white cloth slipcase with some wear. Number 459 of 1000 numbered copies. Printed and designed by J. Dumoulin Paris. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Paris, Des Bibliophiles de la Basoche, n.d., ca. 1930. hardcover books
196925895Paris: Editions Axium 1969. Isabel Drouin. Wrappers fine. 21 cm.; illus cover. 5 plates one double-page. <br/><br/> Editions Axium unknown books
192154633Paris: René Kieffer Relieur d'Arts 1921. Number 337 of 500 copies sur vélin. 35 2 pp of ads and 30 pochoir illustrations by Pierre Falké. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Bound in full brown pictorial embossed leather with central image of a bottle floating in the ocean on upper and lower covers marbled endpapers t.e.g. Fine copy of a beautiful book from Kieffer. Number 337 of 500 copies sur vélin. 35 2 pp of ads and 30 pochoir illustrations by Pierre Falké. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Pochoir Poe in Kieffer Binding. René Kieffer, Relieur d'Arts unknown books
18491609025Godey 1849. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick quarto black morocco. Boards with decorative gilt designs. Spine replaced with gilt lettering. Clean internally. A very good sound copy. Contains first appearance of Poe's Mellonta Tauta. Godey hardcover books
193268209First Photoplay Edition With Black-and-White Film Stills POE Edgar Allan. The Murders in the Rue Morgue. and Other Tales of Mystery. New York: Grosset & Dunlap n.d. c.a. 1932. First photoplay edition. In publisher's dust jacket. Octavo 8 x 5 3/8 inches; 202 x 136 mm. 4 315 1 publisher's ads pp. "Illustrated with scenes from the Universal Photoplay presented by Carl Laemmle." With photographic endpapers frontispiece and six additional movie still black-and-white plates one of which is double paged. These film stills are from the Universal motion picture of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" starring Bela Lugosi. Full publisher's red cloth. Front board and spine lettered in black. Top edge green. Black-and-white photographic endpapers. The smallest amount of shelfwear to head and tail of cloth spine. In publisher's full color illustrated dust jacket. Some chipping along top and bottom edge of jacket. A few small chips at head and tail of jacket spine. Overall an about fine book in a very good and exceptionally bright dust jacket. The Murders in the Rue Morgue is the holy grail of mystery and detective fiction and one of the cornerstones of that genre. Poe wrote it during the height of his literary powers and it remains to this day the standard by which all mystery fiction if compared. BAL. Heartman and Canny. HBS 68209. $1850 Grosset & Dunlap hardcover books
1958311027Antibes France: The Allen Press 1958. One of 150 copies printed on Richard de Bas hand-made paper on an Albion hand press. Title-page decoration and 6 multi-colored chapter headings by Dorothy Allen. 1 vols. 8vo 24 x15 cm 9½ x 6". Paper over boards. About fine with prospectus. One of 150 copies printed on Richard de Bas hand-made paper on an Albion hand press. Title-page decoration and 6 multi-colored chapter headings by Dorothy Allen. 1 vols. 8vo 24 x15 cm 9½ x 6". Allen Press Bibliography 22 The Allen Press unknown books
18411608325Graham's Magazine 1841. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. The true first appearance of Poe's classic tale Murders in the Rue Morgue considered the first detective story ever published. In original binding. Book is in good condition. This is Graham's compilation of all of their issues starting in February published in 1841. The Murders starts on page 166.Bound magazine. Two volumes in one: Volumes 18 and 19: January-December 1841. Octavo. iv 1-295 1pp. and 12 engraved plates; iv 1-308pp. and 19 engraved plates. Complete. Contains the first printed appearances of: "Murders in the Rue Morgue" considered the world's first detective story "A Descent into the Maelstrom" and three other Poe tales; the complete essay "Secret Writing" in four installments the first two parts of the essay "A Chapter on Autography" and over 50 critical reviews by Poe. Also included are the first revised printings of the poems: "To Helen" and "Israfel." A complete run of 12 monthly issues from 1841 when Poe served as the magazine's literary editor and had reached the peak of his powers and influence both as a writer and editor. The run also includes nine mezzotints by Philadelphia's famous engraver John Sartain one of which illustrates Poe's tale: "The Island of the Fay." A scarce and desirable annual volume. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Graham's Magazine hardcover books
2004116584Sugar Land TX: Arm & Hammer Press 2004. cloth title on label on spine decoration gilt-stamped on front board. Miniature Books. miniature book 6.0 x 6.5 cm. cloth title on label on spine decoration gilt-stamped on front board. vi 21 3 pages. Limited to 65 numbered copies signed by publisher Gordon Rouze. A short story. Illustration of Poe with a quote from a letter from Poe to Frederick W. Thomas. Arm & Hammer Press unknown books
196812084New Brunswick N.J.: Rutgers U.P. 1968. 1st edition. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. Rutgers U.P. unknown books
2007129830Pasadena CA: The Clinker Press 2007. embossed leather decorated endpapers bottom edge uncut. Clinker Press. oblong 12mo. embossed leather decorated endpapers bottom edge uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 60 numbered copies. Printed on recto only. Bound by Marianna Blau. Minor shelf-wear. The Clinker Press unknown books
